ROACH v. NEWTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY


381 Mass. 135 (1980)

407 N.E.2d 1251

MARTIN J. ROACH vs. NEWTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (and a companion case between the same parties).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Cronin for the defendant.

Robert Cohen (John F. Mulhern with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

Pursuant to G.L.c. 79, § 22, this eminent domain case was tried twice in the Superior Court, first before a judge without a jury (the first judge) and second before a judge and a jury. The dominant issue at both trials was whether there was a reasonable probability at the times of the takings that the land would soon be rezoned from single family residential use to commercial or business use. The first judge admitted evidence that after the takings...

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